Additional Name(s): Ayan Shah

Gender: Male

Perpetrator: Pakistan

Religion or Belief: Unspecified

Reports of Torture: No

Reports of Medical Neglect: No

Sentence: Death

Date of Detainment: March//2017

Date of Sentencing: January/8/2021

Current Status: Not Released

Religious Leader: No

Most Recent Type of Abuse: Imprisonment

Reason for Persecution: Blasphemy (General) Blasphemy (Religious Figures) Online Activity

Nature of Charges: Blasphemy Hate Speech Terrorism

Rana Nouman Rafa­qat

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Rana Nouman Rafa­qat is imprisoned and sentenced to death for blasphemy. 

In March 2017, authorities arrested Rafa­qat after he was accused of uploading blasphemous content on the internet.

On September 12, 2017, Rafa­qat was indicted.

On January 8, 2021, an anti-terrorism court in Islamabad sentenced Rafa­qat to death. He was reportedly found guilty of "intending to outrage religious feelings" (Sec. 295-A PPC), "insulting the Prophet Muhammad" (Sec. 295-C PPC), and terrorism defined as "inciting hatred and contempt on religious, sectarian or ethnic basis to strip up violence or cause internal disturbance" (Sec. 7 (g) Anti-Terrorism Act, 1997).

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